Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important
way.Some students say they dont want to read for pleasure. They say they want to use their time to learn the
rules of the language and new words. They say that pleasure reading is too easy.
     Many experts say pleasure reading is very important for learning English. Dr. Stephn Krashen, a famous
expert on learning languages, says that pleasure reading helps you learn many importat things about English.
Students learn more grammar and more words when they read for pleasure. They also learn more about good
writing. Dr. Krashen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way. Each student needs to
learn something different. Pleasure reading makes it possible for each student to learn what he or she needs. 
     Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying. When you read for pleasure, you choose your own books,
and you don`t have to remember everything. There are no tests on your pleasure reading books. Pleasure
reading will help you:
●learn how English speakers use English
●read faster in English
●find examples of good writing in English
●learn new words
●learn about the cultures of English speakers

1. Is pleasure reading important for learning English?
                                                                                                                         
2. Which is the easier way to become a better reader, pleasure reading or studying?
                                                                                                                         
3. What do some students think of pleasure reading?
                                                                                                                         
4. How can we become better readers?
                                                                                                                         
5. What's the greatest advantage of pleasure reading？ 
                                                                                                                         

    Do you get enough sleep? With so much homework it's often difficult to get the rest you need. But you need
to try, because sleep keeps you healthy and it stops you getting fat.
    Recently, a group of US scientists did a study (調(diào)查) of kids aged between 8 and 13. The study found that if
kids sleep for just one extra (額外的) hour each day, the chance of their getting fat is cut by about 30 percent
(30%).
    Why? When people don't get enough sleep, they become tired. When they are tired, they don't exercise
enough. Also, kids like snacks: If they are awake (醒著的) an extra hour or two each day, they have more time
to eat snacks or other unhealhy foods.
    So, how much sleep should you get? Scientists suggest 10 to 11 hours a night for kids aged 5 to 12. For older
kids, eight to nine hours will do.

1. How many reasons are given why people might get fat without enough sleep?

A. 3.
B. 2.
C. 1
D. None.

2. If you are under 10, how long do the scientists advice you to sleep?

A. 10 to 11 hours.
B. 8 to 9 hours.
C. 8 to 13 hours.
D. As long as possible.

3. Where was the study done by the scientists?

A. In China.
B. In Britain.
C. In America.
D. In Japan.

4. What does" eight to nine hours will do" mean?

A. Eight to nine hours' sleep will be good and enough.
B. Eight to nine hours' sleep will be too long.
C. Eight to nine hours' sleep will help get fat.
D. Eight to nine hours' sleep will help eat snacks and unhealhy foods.

5. What does the passage talk about?

A. How to get long sleep.
B. How to keep fat.
C. Enough sleep makes people healthy and slim (苗條)
D. Long sleep makes people healthy and slim.

     The sun is the largest source of light. We know that life on the earth depends on the heat of the sun. But
the light of the sun is as necessary to life as its heat. Another important source of light is produced by electric
sparks in tubes which has special gases. That is known as indirect light. The light we see directly from the
source of light, such as sun, is known as direct light.
     Laser (激光) is a new kind of light source. It possesses a series of remarkable properties, which makes it
a better light source in a number of cases.

1. Which is true in the following?

Ａ: The light made by electric sparks in tubes with special gases is called direct light.
Ｂ: Sunlight is colourless.
Ｃ: Indirect light is sent from the power station and so on.
Ｄ: Human beings as well as all animals depend on direct light.

2. Which is false in the following?

3. Life on the earth can't live ____.

Ａ: with sunlight
Ｂ: without sunlight
Ｃ: with moonlight
Ｄ: without moonlight

4. Laser, as you know, ____.

Ａ: has not been widely used.
Ｂ: has not been researched
Ｃ: is still unknown
Ｄ: is less useful than any other light

Ａ: 源
Ｂ: 系
Ｃ: 種
Ｄ: 類(lèi)

     Many people go to school for education. They learn language,history,politics,math and so on. Others go
to learn a skill so that they can find a job. School education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn
everything from school. A teacher can't teach his students everything. The teacher's job is to show students
how to learn. They teaches them how to read and how to think. So the students shall learn much more outside
school.
     It's always more important to know how to study by oneself than to remember some facts or formula
(公式). It is certainly quiet easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in math. But it is very difficult to
use a formula in working out a math problem. Great scientists before us didn't get everything from school.
Their teachers only showed them the way. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They
read books more than taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They worked hard all
their lives. Most important is that they knew how to use their brain. (大腦).

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問(wèn)題。
1. What do you go to school for as a student? 
                                                                                           
2. If Jim wants to find a job ,what had he better do?
                                                                                           
3. What is the role (角色) of a teacher in class?
                                                                                           
4. Why were many so successful ？
                                                                                           
5. 用短語(yǔ)或簡(jiǎn)潔的句子回答：
    How did great scientists study?
    例如：Read a lot of books.